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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 40
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A heavenly ministrant shows Ezekiel in vision a city wherein is the temple—He is shown the form and size of the temple and its courts.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;1 <span class='smallcaps'>
In</span> the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth <i>day</i> of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 1: 3.">hand</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was upon me, and brought me thither.
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In the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 1: 1; Ezek. 8: 3.">visions</a> of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 43: 12; Rev. 21: 10; Moses 1: 1.">mountain</a>, by which <i>was</i> as the frame of a city on the south.
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And he brought me thither, and, behold, <i>there was</i> a man, whose appearance <i>was</i> like the appearance of <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 1: 7.">brass</a>, with a line of flax in his hand, and a <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 42: 16 (16-19); Ezek. 47: 3; Rev. 11: 1.">measuring</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/40/3c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 45: 1.">reed</a>; and he stood in the gate.
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And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 8: 2 (2-3).">heart</a> upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew <i>them</i> unto thee <i>art</i> thou brought hither: <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 43: 10.">declare</a> all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
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And behold a wall on the outside of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Temple.">house</a> round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 41: 8; Ezek. 43: 13.">cubits</a> <i>long</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/40/5c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE six long cubits, of a cubit plus a hand-breadth each. Thus each would be about 21 inches or 53 cm; and the total length of the measuring reed is about 10.5 feet or 3.2 m.">by</a> the cubit and an hand breadth: so he <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/40/5d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ezek. 42: 20.">measured</a> the <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/40/5e" mark="e" type="A" title="Rev. 21: 16.">breadth</a> of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
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&#182; Then came he unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 42: 15; Ezek. 43: 1 (1-2); Ezek. 44: 1; Ezek. 47: 2.">gate</a> which <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/6b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR faces.">looketh</a> toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, <i>which was</i> one reed broad; and the other threshold <i>of the gate, which was</i> one reed broad.
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And <i>every</i> little chamber <i>was</i> one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers <i>were</i> five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within <i>was</i> one reed.
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He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
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Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate <i>was</i> inward.
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And the little chambers of the gate eastward <i>were</i> three on this side, and three on that side; they three <i>were</i> of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
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And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; <i>and</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR height.">length</a> of the gate, thirteen cubits.
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The space also before the little chambers <i>was</i> one cubit <i>on this side,</i> and the space <i>was</i> one cubit on that side: and the little chambers <i>were</i> six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
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He measured then the gate from the roof of <i>one</i> little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth <i>was</i> five and twenty cubits, door against door.
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He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
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And from the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/15a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR front.">face</a> of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate <i>were</i> fifty cubits.
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And <i>there were</i> narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows <i>were</i> round about inward: and upon <i>each</i> post <i>were</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 41: 18.">palm</a> trees.
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Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, <i>there were</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 41: 10; Ezek. 42: 4 (1, 4-5).">chambers</a>, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/17b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB faced."><i>were</i></a> upon the pavement.
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And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates <i>was</i> the lower pavement.
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Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
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&#182; And the gate of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 42: 1.">outward</a> court that looked toward the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 44: 4.">north</a>, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
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And the little chambers thereof <i>were</i> three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof <i>was</i> fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, <i>were</i> after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof <i>were</i> before them.
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And the gate of the inner court <i>was</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/23a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR opposite.">over</a> against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
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&#182; After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
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And <i>there were</i> windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length <i>was</i> fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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And <i>there were</i> seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof <i>were</i> before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
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And <i>there was</i> a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
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And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
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And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and <i>there were</i> windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: <i>it was</i> fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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And the arches round about <i>were</i> five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
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And the arches thereof <i>were</i> toward the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/31a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR outer.">utter</a> court; and palm trees <i>were</i> upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it <i>had</i> eight steps.
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&#182; And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
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And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, <i>were</i> according to these measures: and <i>there were</i> windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: <i>it was</i> fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
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And the arches thereof <i>were</i> toward the outward court; and palm trees <i>were</i> upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it <i>had</i> eight steps.
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&#182; And he brought me to the north gate, and measured <i>it</i> according to these measures;
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The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length <i>was</i> fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
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And the posts thereof <i>were</i> toward the utter court; and palm trees <i>were</i> upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it <i>had</i> eight steps.
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And the chambers and the entries thereof <i>were</i> by the posts of the gates, where they <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/38a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 4: 6.">washed</a> the burnt <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/38b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 46: 2.">offering</a>.
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&#182; And in the porch of the gate <i>were</i> two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/39a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 1: 3 (3, 9, 13-14).">burnt</a> offering and the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/39b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lev. 4: 3 (2-3); Ezek. 42: 13.">sin</a> offering and the <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/40/39c" mark="c" type="A" title="Lev. 5: 6 (5-6); Ezek. 46: 20.">trespass</a> offering.
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And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, <i>were</i> two tables; and on the other side, which <i>was</i> at the porch of the gate, <i>were</i> two tables.
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Four tables <i>were</i> on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew <i>their sacrifices.</i>
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And the four tables <i>were</i> of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
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And within <i>were</i> hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables <i>was</i> the flesh of the offering.
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&#182; And <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/44a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR outside.">without</a> the inner gate <i>were</i> the chambers of the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/44b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 6: 32 (31-33).">singers</a> in the inner court, which <i>was</i> at the side of the north gate; and their prospect <i>was</i> toward the south: one at the side of the east gate <i>having</i> the prospect toward the north.
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And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect <i>is</i> toward the south, <i>is</i> for the priests, the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/45a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 44: 14 (8, 14-16); Ezek. 48: 11.">keepers</a> of the charge of the house.
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And the chamber whose prospect <i>is</i> toward the north <i>is</i> for the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/46a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 42: 13.">priests</a>, the keepers of the <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/46b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 18: 5.">charge</a> of the altar: these <i>are</i> the sons of <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/40/46c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 43: 19.">Zadok</a> among the sons of Levi, which <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/40/46d" mark="d" type="A" title="Num. 16: 5; Ezek. 44: 15 (15-16); Ezek. 45: 4.">come</a> near to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> to minister unto him.
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So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/47a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 41: 13; Ezek. 42: 8.">hundred</a> cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar <i>that was</i> before the house.
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&#182; And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured <i>each</i> post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate <i>was</i> three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
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The length of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/40/49a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 6: 3.">porch</a> <i>was</i> twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and <i>he brought me</i> by the steps whereby they went up to it: and <i>there</i> <i>were</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/40/49b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 7: 21.">pillars</a> by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
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